Example sentences of "she sit in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits in a soft curve at her easel , gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky . |
| 2 | ‘ Gee , ’ Charity Marlowe responded drily from where she sat in a decrepit upholstered chair , her head thrown back , her hair hidden under a towel , and her eyes clenched tightly shut . |
| 3 | Two days later , she sat in a small bar , which was the latest haunt of the upwardly-mobile in Washington DC . |
| 4 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 5 | She sat in a quiet , dark corner listening to the service . |
| 6 | The following day he bought her a bunch of violets and dropped them on her lap as she sat in the prompt corner . |
| 7 | Queen Sofia of Spain , who is Patron of both charities , came over from Madrid for the Gala , and looked lovely in a pink taffeta dress ; she sat in the front row of chairs beside her brother King Constantine of the Hellenes , and near Queen Anne-Marie and Princess Irene of the Hellenes , and the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa . |
| 8 | She sat in the front room of her house ( Arcadia Villas , Bed and Breakfast ) pouring tea for the wickedly handsome young man on the sofa , who had taken a room for the entire run of the pantomime . |
| 9 | At the back occasional noises of activity from the park broke across the air ; she sat in the front room cool enough now to sew . |
| 10 | Morse smiled wanly at the lady as she sat in the front row , a lady turning the scales at not much more , surely , than around five stone . |
| 11 | She sat in the empty shop for days willing people in off the streets . |
| 12 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 13 | She sat in the yellow light of the antique lamps every evening , watching her mother crocheting endless squares for a bedspread that would never be finished . |
| 14 | She sat in the opposite chair while Lucy put a record on ; she flung one leg across the other knee , rolled a cigarette and contained the volcano surging from her clitoris to tight silent lips . |
| 15 | She sat in the little café in the High Street , then , having managed to calm herself enough to face the world , she prepared to leave . |